Chatham Ragged School
Chatham Ragged School is a former ragged school in King Street, Chatham, Kent. Built in 1858, it served as a free school for poor and destitute children under the Victorian “ragged school” movement.Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: building and former ragged school in Chatham, Kent, England
- Address: King Street, Chatham
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Brook Pumping Station and Chatham Naval Memorial.
Old Brook Pumping Station
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Brook Pumping Station, was a water pumping station operating in Chatham, Kent from 1929 until 1980. It now survives as a working museum. Old Brook Pumping Station is situated 550 feet southwest of Chatham Ragged School.
Chatham Naval Memorial
Garden
Chatham Naval Memorial is a large obelisk situated in the town of Chatham, Kent, which is in the Medway Towns. The memorial is a feature of the Great Lines Heritage Park. Chatham Naval Memorial is situated 680 feet east of Chatham Ragged School.
Chatham Police Station
Public building
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chatham Police Station was a police station of the Kent County Constabulary located on The Brook, Chatham, Kent, England. It served the Chatham area throughout much of the 20th century and into the early 2000s. Chatham Police Station is situated 780 feet northwest of Chatham Ragged School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chatham and Brompton.
Chatham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chatham is a historic maritime town in the English county of Kent, on the River Medway. Steeped in naval heritage, it offers a mix of cultural, outdoor, and family-friendly activities.
Brompton
Village
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brompton is a suburban village situated between the town centres of Gillingham and Chatham, lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in Medway, Kent, England. Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub.
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Chatham Ragged School
- Categories: school building, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.38335° or 51° 23′ northLongitude
0.52914° or 0° 31′ 45″ eastOpen location code
9F329GMH+8MOpenStreetMap ID
way 633029467OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q97466300
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In Other Languages
“Chatham Ragged School” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Chatham Ragged School”
- Spanish: “Escuela Chatham Ragged”
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